Designed during World War I by General John T. Thompson, the Tommy gun was available in the .45 Caliber ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, and was used by the US Army through WW2
M1 Garand
First semi-automatic rifle to be put in active military service John Garand in the 1930s and the .30" caliber weapon became the standard rifle of the US Army, used in 1936 Magazine held 8 cartridges, which were loaded by inserting an "en bloc" clip holding them into the rifle. The M1 Carbine is a carbine version of the Garand semi-automatic rifle that was a standard firearm in the USA military during World War II and the Korean War. This carbine was commissioned to supply an adequate defensive weapon to those troops. Good rate of fire and a superior range to a submachine gun During the two wars in which it was used, 6.25 million M1 Carbines of various models were manufactured, thus making it the most produced small arm in American history.
Colt M1911
The M1911 is a .45" caliber, single action, semi-automatic handgun, originally designed by John Browning, which was the standard handgun in combat The bazooka weapon was one of the first anti-tank weapons based on the HEAT shell to enter war, used by the United States army in World War II. It was highly effective, so much so that the Germans copied it to produce their own version known as the Panzerschreck. US Army had developed a shaped-charge hand grenade for anti-tank use that was effective at defeating up to 100mm of armor. By late 1942 the Rocket Launcher, M1A1 was introduced. This consisted of a long (4ft) tube with a simple wooden stock and sights, into which the 60mm rocket grenades were inserted at the rear German Weapons:
Sturmgewehr 44
The Sturmgewher 44 was the worlds first true assault rifle and was introduced by the German army late in WWII Inspiration for the Russian AK47
I will Be Studying Ballistics!!!!!!!
sources: http://www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/american.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/wwii-plane2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_weapons_of_Germany#Weapons_by_type
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_firearms
I shall be studying the swellness of the weapons of World War II!!!
United States weapons:
Thompson M1
Designed during World War I by General John T. Thompson, the Tommy gun was available in the .45 Caliber ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, and was used by the US Army through WW2
M1 Garand
First semi-automatic rifle to be put in active military service
John Garand in the 1930s and the .30" caliber weapon became the standard rifle of the US Army, used in 1936
Magazine held 8 cartridges, which were loaded by inserting an "en bloc" clip holding them into the rifle.
The M1 Carbine is a carbine version of the Garand semi-automatic rifle that was a standard firearm in the USA military during World War II and the Korean War.
This carbine was commissioned to supply an adequate defensive weapon to those troops.
Good rate of fire and a superior range to a submachine gun
During the two wars in which it was used, 6.25 million M1 Carbines of various models were manufactured, thus making it the most produced small arm in American history.
Colt M1911
The M1911 is a .45" caliber, single action, semi-automatic handgun, originally designed by John Browning, which was the standard handgun in combat
The bazooka weapon was one of the first anti-tank weapons based on the HEAT shell to enter war, used by the United States army in World War II.
It was highly effective, so much so that the Germans copied it to produce their own version known as the Panzerschreck.
US Army had developed a shaped-charge hand grenade for anti-tank use that was effective at defeating up to 100mm of armor.
By late 1942 the Rocket Launcher, M1A1 was introduced. This consisted of a long (4ft) tube with a simple wooden stock and sights, into which the 60mm rocket grenades were inserted at the rear
German Weapons:
Sturmgewehr 44
The Sturmgewher 44 was the worlds first true assault rifle and was introduced by the German army late in WWII
Inspiration for the Russian AK47
Parabellum Luger P-08